Improved chair-seat



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GEORGEBUCKEL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 85,363, :lated December 2 9", 1868.

IMPROVED CHAIR-SEAT.

- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making para ofthe same.

To all whom 'it mel/y concern Be it known that I, GEORGE BUCKEL, ofDetroit,

in the county' of Wayne,- and Statev of Michigan, have invented a newand improved Chair-Seat; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable otherssKilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being,r had tothe accompanying drawings, forining part of this specication.

Figure l represents a side elevation of a chair provided with myimproved seat.

Figure 2 is a front elevation ofthe saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate Corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new chair-seat, which is so arranged as tobe of the most convenient form, and easily made.

The invention consists in producing a semi-cylindrical seat oftape-lines, that are crossed and interwoven so as to forni a substantialfabric.

A, in the drawing, represents a chair-trame, of suitable forni.

Its front and rear cross-bals, a, are bent into semicircular forms, asshown in iig. 1, and support the longitudinal bands vor tapes b b, thatare used inform-f The transverse straps c c, of the seat, are secured tothe side-bars cl of the chair-frame, and are interwoven -withthe bandsl), as is clearly shown in iig. 1.

A hollow seat is thns produced, which is best adapted to the form of thehuman body, and which, when a cushion, B, is Aplaced'upon it, will bemore convenient and comfortable than any seats heretofore made.

In making the seat, the longitudinal bands are first stretched, and thenthe transverse ones are put be! tween, so as to accommodate themselvesto the semicircular form of the bars. (t, and of the consequentsemicylindrical seat produced by the bands l).

Having thus described my invention, vI vclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The semi-cylindrical chair-seat, when preparedof longitudinal bands b, and transverse bands c, substantially asdescribedefor the purpose specied.

- GEORGE BUOKEL. Witnesses PETER GUENTHER, CHARLES HARKLOFF.

